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* [[Useful Notes/Fermat's Last Theorem|Fermat's Last Theorem]]

* [[Foreshadowing]]: Looking at the semantic network on page 370 reveals a lot about the latter half of the book.

** RICERCAR and CEGABBAB (Babbage, C. backwards) show up in the last chapter.

* [[Gratuitous Foreign Language]]: French and Latin.

* [[Self-Deprecation]]: A book about "metal-logic", called ''Copper, Silver, Gold: an Indestructible Metallic Alloy'' is mentioned in the dialogues. The Crab says that it's "filled with strange Dialogues about many subjects, including molecular biology, fugues, Zen Buddhism, and heaven knows what else." Achilles responds that "probably some crackpot wrote it". The book is also listed in the bibliography, where it's called "a formidable hodge-podge, turgid and confused". Indeed very little praise is given to its author, Egbert B. Gebstadter.

* [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy]]: Commented on if a psychic who could determine the minds of other people was allowed to choose his or her jury if accused.

* [[Stealth Pun]]

* [[Subverted Rhyme Every Occasion]]: In one of the dialogues, the Crab puts on a record of himself singing "A Song Without Time or Season." Here's how it goes:

 

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